Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe  —  Agents thought they had enough material to merit aggressively pursuing investigation into Clinton Foundation  —  Secret recordings of a suspect talking about the Clinton Foundation fueled an internal battle between FBI agents who wanted …

Five days to go: The presidential race tightens - CBS/NYT poll  —  Where the Race Stands  —  The race for president has tightened since mid-October: Hillary Clinton now leads Donald Trump by three points nationally.  Just over two weeks ago, after the second debate and amid accusations …

British court delivers blow to E.U. exit plan, insists Parliament has a say  —  LONDON — A senior British court on Thursday dealt a severe blow to Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to begin the process of exiting the European Union early next year, ruling she must get Parliament's approval before she acts.

Ex-KKK leader David Duke gets into shouting match at debate, says Hillary Clinton ‘should be getting the electric chair’  —  Candidates vying for a Louisiana US Senate seat met on the debate stage in New Orleans on Wednesday night.  —  Among the candidates — which included Republican …

Casting notice goes out for new ‘up-and-coming’ conservative news network  —  Donald Trump denies he is interested in launching a new conservative news venture, but somebody sure is.  —  What's being billed as an “up-and-coming conservative media network currently in development” …

Donald Trump Is Accused Of Raping A 13-Year-Old.  Why Haven't The Media Covered It?  —  There are two big reasons.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  If you've been anywhere near Facebook or Twitter in the past several months, you're probably aware that there is a case working …

Beneath a Close Election Contest Lie Deep Rifts Among Groups (POLL)  —  Profound rifts among groups lie beneath the close presidential contest, underscoring the country's fundamental political divisions not only by race, gender and education but also by factors ranging from religious belief to residential area.

Poll: ‘Shy Trump’ voters are a mirage  —  Donald Trump has insisted for months that polls are failing to capture the breadth of his support because some of his backers won't admit it to a pollster over the telephone.  —  He's wrong.  —  According to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult study conducted …

Assange: WikiLeaks did not receive Clinton emails from Russian govt (JOHN PILGER EXCLUSIVE) … In a John Pilger Special, to be exclusively broadcast by RT on Saturday courtesy of Dartmouth Films, whistleblower Julian Assange categorically denied that the troves of US Democratic Party …

Cruz to hit campaign trail for Trump  —  will appear with Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence  —  at two events Thursday, his first appearance on the campaign trail for Donald Trump  —  Pence's spokesman, Marc Lotter, confirmed reports of the joint appearance on Twitter Thursday afternoon …

WBUR Poll: Trump Edges Ahead Of Clinton In N.H.  —  A new WBUR poll of likely voters in New Hampshire finds that Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are now in a dead heat with just five days to go before Election Day.  —  The survey also finds Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte leading …

Is Clinton Slipping?  —  There are more signs of erosion, but her floodgates appear to be holding  —  Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley, UVA Center for Politics November 3rd, 2016  —  Hillary Clinton has picked an awful time to hit one of the rough patches that has plagued her throughout the campaign.

And Now For Some Comic Relief  —  Presenting...the Clinton IT Department!  —  This has not been an especially ennobling election.  Or a rewarding one.  Or even entertaining.  Pretty much everything about 2016 has been boorish and grotesque.  But finally it is time to laugh.

Uninsured Rate At All-Time Low  —  Thanks, Obamacare: More than 90 percent of Americans have health insurance.  —  WASHINGTON The share of Americans who don't have health coverage fell below 9 percent during the first half of this year, the lowest percentage ever recorded …

Chicago Cubs win World Series championship with 8-7 victory over Cleveland Indians  —  Photos from Game 7 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Nov. 2, 2016.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Finally.  —  The most epic drought in sports history is over, and the Cubs are world champions.

EmailGate Has Destroyed Clinton, Inc.  —  No matter what happens on November 8, Hillary's email antics have irreversibly sabotaged a political dynasty  —  With our presidential election less than a week away, Hillary Clinton is playing defense, blaming everyone but herself for the political disaster that is enveloping her campaign.

Trump Is an Existential Threat  —  There are only a handful of days until Election Day and an end to this phase of a nation's — and the world's — ebb and flow of anxiety.  The day after the votes are cast and counted that anxiety will either dissipate or become a fixed feature.

Police say woman sent text messages and images while she smothered children, killing one  —  Allegheny County Police Superintendent Coleman McDonough, left, and McKeesport police Chief Bryan Washowich speak at a news conference Wednesday at the county police headquarters in Homewood …

Emails show how Republicans lobbied to limit voting hours in North Carolina  —  When Bill McAnulty, an elections board chairman in a mostly white North Carolina county, agreed in July to open a Sunday voting site where black church members could cast ballots after services, the reaction was swift …

The only way Trump can win  —  AS THE 2016 presidential campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is airing commercials that present him as a change agent who will shake up Washington.  Not a mainstream politician, exactly, but nothing to be afraid of, either.

McConnell gives strongest statement yet in favor of Trump  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made his strongest statement yet on his party's presidential nominee, telling a rally in his home state Wednesday that “we need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America.”